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The above picture is of me at a Spanish fort in Panama along the Panama Canal the summer of 1997 on tour with the band IMPALA - funny what a camera and a little imagination will get you. Yup, that's the Panama Canal in the background!

Contact Mr. H. @
bhogenson@bethelsd.org

Remember, if you call and leave a message, I can't return calls that aren't from a local number. Please leave a LOCAL (253) number I can contact you at.
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Head over to the ANNOUNCEMENT page for the entire CJH BAND HANDBOOK ONLINE! - Still a work-in-progress... 


Then, head over to the EVENTS page for the updated band schedule and more!

Here is my teaching schedule for the 2009-2010 school year:

Period Time Class
0 hour TBA Jazz Ensemble
Adv. TBA Advisory
1 TBA Symphonic Band
2 TBA Concert Band
3 TBA Plan
4 TBA Beginning Band
5 TBA Wind Ensemble

A little diddy about my education/experience... Funny what 11+ years of college will get you...

1986 Graduated from Federal Way Senior High School

1993 AA from Green River C.C. - Cum Laude

1996 BA Music from PLU - Magna Cum Laude

1998 MA Computer Education Gonzaga University - Summa Cum Laude

2000 Educational Education Certificate from City University - Magna Cum Laude 

1996-2000 - Director of Bands at Spanaway Junior High

2000 - Computer Specialist at Centennial Elementary

2001-2002 - Administrator at Bethel Junior High

2002- Present - Director of Bands at Cedarcrest Junior High

PERFORMANCE/TOUR experience...

1979 - started playing drums in 6th grade band

1981 - first paid gig with a dixieland band in 7th grade at Enchanted Village before the water slides were put in! (now Wild Waves water park)

1986-88 - Green River Music Company - toured all over England

1988-1990 - Performed all over Washington with the rock group Straight Talk

1990 - Moved to Kauai and performed/lived at the Sheraton Kauai Resort and performed all over the island with the group Robell. Additionally, I became involved in Scuba Diving and earned my PADI Divemaster rating and worked on a dive boat. Additionally, I toured to Oahu and performed at the Rainbow club and The Black Orchid, which was part owned by Tom Selleck at the time.

1991-Present - member of several bands from The Dusters, Uh-Oh Daddio and 8-tracks to the current band I gig with - Dance Factory. Our website can be viewed at: http://www.dancefactoryusa.com and I'm the webmaster - woo-hoo!

1991-1997 - Several tours with the groups Trinity and Impala - here's a short list of countries I've played in: Israel, Egypt, Italy, Japan, Korea, Haiti, Portugal, Spain, Hawaii, Guam, Johnston Atoll, Kosrae, Kwajalein, Greece, Turkey, Honduras, Panama, The Philippines, Pohnpei, Truk, Chuuk, Roi Namur, Alaska, and the list goes on and on...

Groups I have shared the stage with/opened for: Eddie Money, The Pointer Sisters, Styx, Bachman Turner Overdrive...

Here's a few of the venues/clients I've performed in/for locally:

21 Club, A & J Contractors, Alderbrook Resort, American Heart Association, Argosy Cruises, B C MacDonalds, Ballard Billiards, Baxter's North, Bell Harbor International, Conference center, Bellevue Lunch music series , Belltown Billiards, Bench Warmer, Best Western Hotels, Big Daddy's, Cadillac Ranch Casino, Canterwood Golf Club, Canterwood Captain Nemo's, Center at Norpoint, Concert on the Green, Celebration Park, Federal Way - Family Fourth Celebration, Cheers West, Chicago’s, Clearwater Casino, Clise Mansion, Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Club Broadway, Columbia Tower, Crystal Ballroom – Portland, Denali Corporation, Detlef Schrempf Foundation, Doc Maynards, Doubletree Hotels, Drakes, Duke's, Dynamite Lounge, Eddie Money, Edmonds Waterland festival, Edmonds Taste of Edmonds, El Gouchos, Emerald Queen Casino, EMP, Fairhaven Bar and Grill, Federal Way Fun Days, Fenders, Festival of the Fountains - Science Center, Fircrest Country Club, Firwood, Fort Dent , City of Tukwila - Family 4th Celebration, Fort Lewi s, Tacoma - 4th of July, Fircrest Park Family Fun Days, Four Seasons Hotels, Funsters, Gene Coulon Park, Renton - 4th of July, Gerbing Heated Clothing, Goldies, Goodtymes – Spokane, Governor Hotel – Portland, Governor Locke Inaugration Celebration, Harbor Club - Bellevue, Hilton Hotels, Home Grocer.com, Howard Johnson Hotels, Hyatt Hotels, Issaquah Concert in the Park Series, Jazzbones, Jillians, Jimmy g's, Kirkland - The Taste of Kirkland, KJR, Lacey Days, Landmark Convention Center, Landmark Hotels, Lane County Fair, Eugene Oregon, Lowel Hunt, Lucky Eagle Casino, Marine’s Military Ball, Maydenbauer Center, Merce r Island Summer Fest, Metropolitan Market, Microsoft Corporation, Mountaineers Club, Muckleshoot Casino, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Newcastle - Newcastle Days, Overlake Golf Club , Pacific Science Center, Pampas Room, Pier 66, Pier 70 - 4th of July, Planet Hot Rod, Port of Tacoma, Porters, Puyallup - Music and a Movie series, Puyallup - Pioneer Park Concert Series, Puyallup Fair, Qwest Stadium, Radens, Rainier Club, Real Networks, Red Lion Hotels, Renton - Renton River Days, Ritchie D's, Rocksport, Royal Casino, Sallie Mae Corporation, Sammamish - Concert Park Series, Sammamish - 4th of July Celebration, Sand Fest - Westlake, Scoreboard Pub, Seattle - Bite of Seattle, Seattle - Festival of the Fountain, Seattle - Nights at the Pier, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Children’s Museum, Seattle Museum of Flight, Seattle Science Center, Seattle Tennis Club, Semiahmoo Resort, Sera Field - music and a movie, Seven Ceders Casino, Shotzes, Shurgard Storage, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Sliders, Space Needle - New Year’s at the Needle, Spanaway - 100 year anniversary, Spanaway Park, Spazzo’s, Special Olympics, St. Francis Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital, Station 56, Suncadia – Design and Disco, Swiss, Tacoma - Concerts in the Park Series, Tacoma - The Taste of Tacoma, Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma Firefighters, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma Yacht Club, The Central, The Pointer Sisters, The Shark Club, The Sportspage, STYX, The Vault, This Ain’t Karaoke TV Series, Tulalip Resort Casino, Union Station, USAF, USARMY, USMC, USNAVY, UW Tacoma, Vancouver, Wa. - Six to Sunset concert series, W hotels, Waldo's, Washington State Convention Center, Westin Hotels, Westlake Center, Whidbey Island NAS, Woodbrook Hunt Club, Zoobilee, an extraordinarily large number of weddings, private parties and fraternity parties, and many more gigs OUTSIDE the USA.

Please email me if you have suggestions for this website or want to see something included!

Peace to you,

Mr. H.